[MacDV] Re: iDVD encoding

[James Asherman]

On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 11:13  AM, Mark M. Florida wrote:

> I don't think that's a solution for iDVD -- it uses its own engine for
> encoding...
>
> - Mark

Quite right.
I have been wondering though whether one could do an  iDVD AND make an 
APack 5.1 soundtrack and put it in the AUdio-TS folder for a choice, 
presuming one has the data space,?
Jim

>
> On 3/19/04 8:43 AM, R B Williams at brucewll at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Sounds about right - the biggest issue for the initial encoding is 
>> sound. If
>> you were to
>> compact the audio first using A.Pack then there would be a nice 
>> overall time
>> savings. An
>> added bonus is more space on the DVD for video. However, if you have 
>> no other
>> reason to
>> work with the sound you might just plan to make the first DVD 
>> overnight to
>> keep things
>> simple.
>>
>> 'course, additional copies will burn at whatever speed your media & 
>> burner can
>> handle.
>>
>> R.B.
>>
>> Jim Simmons wrote:
>>
>>> when I call upiDVD from within iMovie  it takes approximately 6-1/2 
>>> to 7
>>> hours to burn
>>> a 90 minute DVD. Is this normally what's to be expected?
>
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